Milestones, Aug. 5, 1940

Married. Marchese Giulio Pacelli, son of the late Marchese Francesco Pacelli who had a hand in the negotiations leading up to the Lateran Treaty between Italy and the Vatican in 1929; and ‘Signorina Piera Bombrini; in Vatican City. Officiating at the ceremony was Pope Pius XII, formerly Eugenio, Cardinal Pacelli, uncle of the groom.

Divorced. May Sutton Bundy, Women’s National Singles Champion of 1904, twice winner of the Wimbledon Trophy; and Thomas C. Bundy, Santa Monica real-estate man, three times National Doubles Champion; after a 17-year separation; in Los Angeles.

Divorced. Commander Earl Winfield Spencer Jr., 51, U. S. Navy retired, thrice married ex-spouse of the Duchess of Windsor; and Norma Reese Johnson Spencer. 47; in Santa Monica, Calif. During a stormy session of accusations and counteraccusations Navyman Spencer, charged with cruelty and habitual intemperance, testified that his weekly liquor bill was only about $10, that his wife “drank as much of it as I did.”

Died. Jean Rodenbaugh Davis, 51, first grand regent of the Women of the Moose, wife of Senator James J. Davis (Rep. Pa.), Secretary of Labor from 1921 to 1930 and still Director General of the Loyal Order of Moose; of heart disease; in Ventnor, N. J.

Died. Bertha Muzzy Bower, 68, author of 68 two-fisted Western novels (most famous: Chip of the Flying U), who as B. M. Bower concealed her sex from many an avid reader; in Los Angeles.

Died. Peter Maher, 71, oldtime pugilist of bare-knuckle days, onetime welter, light and heavyweight champion of Ireland, sometime bartender, dock hand, burlesque attraction ; in Baltimore. Long on powerful wallops, short on skill, Oldster Maher fought and was drubbed by Bob Fitzsimmons, Kid McCoy, John L. Sullivan.

Died. Rear Admiral David Watson Taylor, 76, chief of construction for the Navy during World War I, largely responsible for the design and completion of more than 1,000 vessels, famed as a naval innovator; in Washington. In 1931 he was awarded the John Fritz medal, top honor of the engineering profession.

Died. Daniela Thobe, about 80, granddaughter of the great Hungarian Composer Franz Liszt (1811-86), stepdaughter of the great German Composer Wilhelm Richard Wagner (1813-83); in Bayreuth, Germany. Daniela’s father, Pianist-Conductor Hans von Bülow, was a stanch friend cf Wagner until his wife ran off with Wagner; and Daniela’s half-brother was Wagner’s illegitimate son, Siegfried.